TY - BOOK AU - Mohammed Metwally Ali AU - Mohamed Tarek Mohamed Ali Mansour , AU - Naglaa Abdullah Ahmed , AU - Somaya Abdelaziz Elsheikh , TI - Thoracic epidural versus general anesthesia for modified radical mastectomy in patients with chronic pulmonary diseases / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mohammed Metwally Ali , KW - Chronic pulmonary diseases KW - Modified radical mastectomy KW - Thoracic epidural anesthesia N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - National Cancer Institute - Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Relief; Issued also as CD N2 - 40 patients undergoing modified radical mastectomy surgery and complaining of chronic pulmonary diseases were divided randomly into two groups : group (A) 20 patients received thoracic epidural anesthesia alone and group (B) 20 patients received general anesthesia . The hemodynamics pulmonary function tests blood gases visual analogue score (VAS) post operative nausea and vomiting (PONV) and total pethidine consumption were measured and compared in both groups for 48 hours UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -